November First Saturday Open House: Spooky Creature Feature—Bats!

Did you know Pennsylvania is home to nine different species of bats? Learn why bats are important animals in our ecosystem, how humans can help protect them, and how they’re not as scary as they may seem during our November Open House! A special presentation from The Pennsylvania Bat Rescue and Rehabilitation Center will be given at 1pm where brave participants will get to meet and greet some of the center’s live ambassador bats!

Visitors can also view skeletons, spiders, and other spooky specimens in our collection, decorate paper bat masks, and try their luck at a blind touch table and guess a specimen by feel. Scavenger hunts and sketching supplies will be available to those looking for alternative engagement with our collection.

Adults & children are encouraged to come in costume! Dress up and snap a photo with spooky specimens from our teaching collection AND a life-size cut-out of our founder William Wagner!

The Pennsylvania Bat Rescue and Rehabilitation Center provides rescue and rehabilitation support for injured, orphaned and distressed bats. The staff and volunteers at the center understand the importance of wildlife rehabilitation and have committed much of their lives to helping re-introduce bats back into the wild.